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Topic: Thirty Minutes or Less: Rude? (Read 10822 times)

The basic plot of the new movie "Thirty Minutes or Less" is that 2 people kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to him, and make him rob a bank for them. This scenario actually happened in 2003, and sadly, the delivery guy was killed.

IMO, it's at the very least pretty insensitive to the family. I mean, this is a rather particular way to die, so it's hard to believe that the idea didn't come from that incident. It will certainly remind his family of what happened.

It has actually been the premise of several tv shows that i've seen. They were drmams and this is playing it for laughs but it certainly isn't the first time it has been used. in fact, my guess is that it was a plot on tv before it actually happened in real life. I don't know that I'd single this one movie out as rude.

It has actually been the premise of several tv shows that i've seen. They were drmams and this is playing it for laughs but it certainly isn't the first time it has been used. in fact, my guess is that it was a plot on tv before it actually happened in real life. I don't know that I'd single this one movie out as rude.

I totally agree with this. A similar plot device was used in the Benedict Cumbernacht version of Sherlock Holmes. It is quite a common one, I'm sure. I vote not rude at all. That said, I certainky wouldn't want to see it if I were a family member of the unfortunate delivery man. It's actually a question I've often considered: I love thrillers and murder mysteries, but I think that having a family member killed would ruin that. That does not mean that those genres are somehow rude.

Something about the fact that in this movie it was specifically a pizza delivery guy is what gets me. I don't think I would have thought anything of it even if he had been delivering something else. I don't know why, but it really bothers me.

Something about the fact that in this movie it was specifically a pizza delivery guy is what gets me. I don't think I would have thought anything of it even if he had been delivering something else. I don't know why, but it really bothers me.

I read a synopsis tht indicated it was set in Michigan. I am sure there are people in Michigan who might call for delivery of other things besdies pizza but I can't say I've ever witnessed it. I can think of 5 pizza places nearby that deliver but no other restaurants that offer delivery. Now, I am not sure the movie is too worried about realism so that might not be a consideration.

I understand that this must be really hard for the Brian Wells' family, but, from what I've read, the movie doesn't share much with his story. The whole vest bomb idea has been used in several TV shows before and I don't think you could say those were based on Wells' story either. This movie isn't any more rude than any movie that makes light of violence.

I understand that this must be really hard for the Brian Wells' family, but, from what I've read, the movie doesn't share much with his story. The whole vest bomb idea has been used in several TV shows before and I don't think you could say those were based on Wells' story either. This movie isn't any more rude than any movie that makes light of violence.

I think the bolded is the key. So many films depict hostage situations, et. al. I do see Wonderflonium's point, but I think on balance it can't be called rude.

I don't know if I can call rude, but it does strike me as tasteless. Brian Wells had a bomb strapped around his neck and he was ordered to rob a bank. I saw the footage of him begging police to try and remove the bomb from his neck, that it was real, please believe him, in the minutes before he died. That's not something I can easily forget. So now to see commercials with men running around in monkey masks, and a light-hearted summer comedy being made of a man in a very similar predicament, well, I certainly won't be going to see it.

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I don't know if I can call rude, but it does strike me as tasteless. Brian Wells had a bomb strapped around his neck and he was ordered to rob a bank. I saw the footage of him begging police to try and remove the bomb from his neck, that it was real, please believe him, in the minutes before he died. That's not something I can easily forget. So now to see commercials with men running around in monkey masks, and a light-hearted summer comedy being made of a man in a very similar predicament, well, I certainly won't be going to see it.